249333 - Setting Mozilla Mail as default mail application does not work correctly

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 202497

(MailNews Core :: Simple MAPI, defect)

Description

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

When I set Mozilla Mail as default mail application (Mozilla 1.7), I can right
click a file in Windows Explorer and that will launch Mozilla Mail to send it.

However, when I try File > Send Page... using Firefox 0.9.1, Firefox will launch
Outlook. I first filed this as bug 249311, but then realized it is not a Firefox
bug but rather a bug in how Mozilla Mail sets the default mail application for
Windows.

When I look at Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs Tab > E-Mail
Drop-down, I see that the default is Outlook. I would have expected Mozilla
Mail, since I have that preference set in Mozilla Mail, and also because
right-click, send works from Windows Explorer.

Once I set Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs Tab > E-Mail Drop-down to
Mozilla Mail, Firefox will launch Mozilla Mail to send mail.

Therefore I would expect that when the Use Mozilla Mail as the default mail
application preference is set, it would also set Control Panel > Internet
Options > Programs Tab > E-Mail Drop-down as Mozilla Mail.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

dup of bug 202497?

Comment 2

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

Seems like it is indeed a dupe, thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 202497 ***